Patents by Inventor James Bumgarner

James Bumgarner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL FIBER PREFORMS
    Publication number: 20240150217
    Abstract: A lathe system for producing an optical fiber preform, the lathe system including a rotating bait rod, a burner box configured to deposit silica-containing soot on the rotating bait rod, a hood configured to direct airflow within the lathe system through an exhaust, and a perforated floor configured to expel air within the lathe system as a plurality of air jets from a bottom portion of the lathe system to a top portion of the lathe system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kirk Patton Bumgarner, Stephen Mitchell Carlton, Elena Alekseevna Chizhova-Notkina, Robert James Davis, Nikolay Anatolyevich Panin, Bradley Kent Shepard
  • Systems, method, apparatuses, and computer program products for facilitating product transactions
    Patent number: 8606693
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for facilitating financing of a product transaction. A method may include determining a maximum available back-end product for the product transaction as a function of one or more of a target payment limit or a total advance limit. The method may also include determining a maximum available back-end spread for the product transaction as a function of the target payment limit. The method may further include presenting the maximum available back-end product and the maximum available back-end spread. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Great Direct Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Blackburn, Jarrette Brathwaite, James Bumgarner, John M. Butler, Timothy Hackett, Jason Jones, Matt Lucas, Scott Lukse, Timothy K. Shea
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR FACILITATING PRODUCT TRANSACTIONS
    Publication number: 20110276467
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for facilitating financing of a product transaction. A method may include determining a maximum available back-end product for the product transaction as a function of one or more of a target payment limit or a total advance limit. The method may also include determining a maximum available back-end spread for the product transaction as a function of the target payment limit. The method may further include presenting the maximum available back-end product and the maximum available back-end spread. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: GREAT DIRECT CONCEPTS, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Blackburn, Jarrette Brathwaite, James Bumgarner, John M. Butler, Timothy Hackett, Jason Jones, Matt Lucaas, Scott Lukse, Timothy K. Shea